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Ridge-Till, an Integrated Weed Management System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert N. Klein,
Gail A. Wicks and
Robert G. Wilson
Robert N. Klein
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. Nebraska, North Platte, NE 69101-9495 and Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Gail A. Wicks
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. Nebraska, North Platte, NE 69101-9495 and Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Robert G. Wilson
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. Nebraska, North Platte, NE 69101-9495 and Scottsbluff, NE 69361
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Abstract

Ridge-till is an integrated weed management system that involves the physical movement of soil containing weed seeds away from the row with ridge-clearing equipment on the planter. Corn, grain sorghum, and soybean are the major crops planted using the ridge-till system. Weeds can be controlled with cultivation, competitive row crops, and herbicides. Weeds have adapted to the system but have been controlled through alternative management. Through modernization of equipment and herbicides, ridge-till has become an economic crop production practice. Integrating cultivation and herbicides controls a broader spectrum of weeds than cultivation or herbicides alone.

Keywords

Corn, Zea mays L.grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moenchsoybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr.Conservation tillageno-tillageweed management

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Symposium
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Weed Science , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , June 1996, pp. 417 - 422
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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